Letham Primary School, LIVINGSTON
Letham Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Livingston.
- Attendance
- 91.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Letham Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Letham Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Letham Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 148 pupils, an average class size of 21.1 and 11.1 pupils per teacher.
50% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 21% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.3% in 2024/25, and 28.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 54% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Letham Primary School are Riverside Primary School (0.2 miles), Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS (0.7 miles), Howden St Andrew's Primary School (0.8 miles) and Toronto Primary School (0.9 miles).
Riverside Primary SchoolPumpherston and Uphall Station CPSHowden St Andrew's Primary SchoolToronto Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Uphall Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Letham Primary School (opposite), 90 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Letham Primary School are Inveralmond Community High School (1.1 miles), St Margaret's Academy (1.4 miles) and The James Young High School (1.6 miles).
Inveralmond Community High SchoolSt Margaret's AcademyThe James Young High School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Letham Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in West Lothian is 4 (the median across 88 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Letham Primary School
What is the catchment area for Letham Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Letham Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to West Lothian. West Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Letham Primary School?
If you live in Letham Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Letham Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in West Lothian is 4 (the median across 88 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Letham Primary School?
Letham Primary School is at Forth Drive, Craigshill, LIVINGSTON, LIVINGSTON, EH54 5LZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)